On windows, my internet TV watching consisted primarily of you tubing old shows I had enjoyed as a kid. I knew there was a community out somewhere broadcasting internet television, but I didn’t know the first place to look. Luckily, on Ubuntu every application you could want is provided. It was easy to enlighten me on the various internet TV viewing software that was out there.
I settled on Democracy player because it was a name that I had heard before, and the concept seemed really cool. Channels and RSS feeds and whatnot, video podcasts. (vidcast?)
It was no hassle to download and install. Once I started it, I was greeted with various channels pre-installed. Much of the “Media that matters” film festival is on here. Shorts that I had been yearning to see!
Going through the channel guide is a breeze, but it’s kind of hard to sort the corporate channels from the DIY ones. But the gems are out there. I’ll post couple I recommend when I have them in front of me.
So, I highly highly recommend democracy player. It will introduce you to media and videos available no where else but the internet.
